The Rugby thread.

[Myles O'Reilly]

Do Nordies know that Irish working class people exist south of Dundalk?

What kind of first name does she have?

 

[Fishalt]

League is Rugby for poofs.

LOL Shots fired!

Union is a game for people too fat and slow to play league.

 

[clarke-connolly]

LOL Shots fired!

Union is a game for people too fat and slow to play league.

And maybe some ~ ~ Too Big and Too Small ! !

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Gaelic spelling of Orla.

Do Nordies purposely overdo their names like that just to annoy the Prods?

After all Orla is an Irish name anyway.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

LOL Shots fired! Union is a game for people too fat and slow to play league.

When it comes to football has Union dropped to fourth over there Sir?

(1) Rules
(2) League
(3) Association
(4) Union

???

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

CGP I just looked how many times Ireland has won a world cup in Union and the answer is never. Even Australia has won it twice and nobody here even cares about it. Ireland has never even been the runner-up, or taken the bronze.Massive props for sticking in there as a fan. Holy shit, that's dedication.

Ireland's World Cup record is atrocious. Have never been past the Quarter Finals. Hopefully this is the year.

Rugger has traditionally been lower down the sports table here too. Probably 4th after Gah, Soccer and hurling.

Its probably more popular in recent years since the national team and the Provinces have become decent.

 

[Fishalt]

When it comes to football has Union dropped to fourth over there Sir?

(1) Rules
(2) League
(3) Association
(4) Union

???

Rules is big in pretty much every state apart from QLD and NSW. It's still fairly big in NSW and is probably the dominant code there too, but league has a very big presence. They have a lot of teams and I hate all of them apart from the Rabbitohs.

Domestically, that is. Obviously there's no international market for rules so all the traffic is domestic. League and Union generate roughly comparable interest in states other than QLD and NSW when it comes to international play.

I would watch a game of Union over Rules. But then again, I would watch a game of anything over rules. Even a match of Ginpop Rummy. Rules isn't football. It's a shitshow. I have no idea how it became so popular.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

There can't be much internationally with League. Its just the north of England and Oz where its played!

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Andy Farrell Ireland head coach played league and union for England

 

[clarke-connolly]

Andy Farrell Ireland head coach played league and union for England

To be honest ~ He wasn't that great at Union ~ He was probably too old when he changed codes anyway.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

To be honest ~ He wasn't that great at Union ~ He was probably too old when he changed codes anyway.

Probably not fat enough

 

[Fishalt]

There can't be much internationally with League. Its just the north of England and Oz where its played!

Lots of countries have Intl teams but yeah, the focus is always pretty much between NZ/Australia/England. It's most popular in QLD. This is in some part due to how many Tongans and Samoans we have here.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

New Zealand 96-17 Italy

That'll be our reward for topping the Group of Death. A date with the All Blacks!

 

[clarke-connolly]

New Zealand 96-17 Italy

That'll be our reward for topping the Group of Death. A date with the All Blacks!

Did the Italians soften them up for us

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

New Zealand 96-17 Italy

That'll be our reward for topping the Group of Death. A date with the All Blacks!

We will be counter rucking the fuckers all night and we know James lowe is mad to get at them , the haka is worth fuck all anymore , they are the ones loud talking ....they seem to forget that for us it's the biggest match we've ever played

 

[free and clean]

Fiji centre Josua Tuisova misses his son’s funeral to remain at Rugby World Cup

He was informed of his son Tito’s death following a long illness hours before win over Georgia on Saturday

www.irishtimes.com

Anyone else find this unforgivable?

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Fair play to the guy. Its you I find unforgivable you muppet

 

[free and clean]

Get up the yard you clown. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour to choose a meaningless match over his son's funeral.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Sham its you isn't it?

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

France are driving over the Wops so far averaging more than a pont a minute after 24